Dauber.



D. W. SMITH.

DAUBER.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 5,

Patented Sept. 2, 1913.

H I TiVbjSSFS DAVID W. SMITH, OF KANSAS CITY, KANSAS.

DAUBER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 2, 1913.

Application filed May 5, 1913. Serial No. 765,509.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, DAVID WV. SMITH, a citizen of the United States,residing at Kansas City, in the county of Wyandotte and State of Kansas,have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Daubers, of whichthe following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in daubers.

It is adapted to the storing and delivery of oils, mucilage, and otherfluids.

The object of my invention is to provide a dauber which is eflicient inoperation, simple in construction, and which is not liable to get out oforder.

The novel features of my invention are hereinafter fully described andclaimed.

In the accompanying drawings, which illustrate the preferred embodimentof my invention Figure 1 is a side view, partly in elevation and partlybroken away. Fig. 2 is an enlarged vertical sectional view on the lineab of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a horizontal section on the line 0cl of Fig. 2.

Similar reference characters designate similar parts in the differentviews.

1 designates the container, within which the fluid is stored, and which,preferably, has a conical upper portion 2. The container is providedwith an inner chamber 3, located within an outer chamber 4, andcomprising preferably a vertical tube 5, disposed centrally in thecontainer and having its lower end 6 closed and provided with a vent 7,the function of which will be hereinafter explained. The upper end ofthe tube 5 is secured within the upper end of the container 1, and hasan open upper end which serves as a delivery opening in which isslidably mounted a vertical tube 8, constituting a tubular valve,provided with one or more discharge openings 9, which, when the valve isin the closed position, shown in Figs. 1 and 2, are located outside ofthe container, and when the valve is in the open position, are adaptedto communicate or register with inlet openings 10, located in the sideof the tube 5, adjacent to the upper end thereof and adjacent to theupper end of the conical portion 2. A coil spring 11, which rests uponthe bottom portion (3 of the tube 5, normally holds the valve 8 in theclosed position. Covering the conical portion 2 and supported by thevalve 8, is wickmeans of a cord 1.4.

ing 12, which is detachably secured to the container 1, in any suitablemanner. In the drawing I have shown the container below the conicalportion 2, as having an annular depression 13, in which the wicking 12is held in any suitable manner, as by The bottom of the container 1 maybe provided with a filling opening which is normally closed by adetachable closure 15.

In operating the invention, fluid having been placed within the outerchamber 4, and the parts assembled as described, the container isinverted and the upper end of the wick applied with pressure against thearticle upon which the liquid is to be discharged. Pressure sufficientis employed to cause the valve 8 to be forced inwardly until theopenings 9 are opposite the openings 10. The liquid will then run bygravity from the chamber 4, through the openings 10 and 9, into thevalve 8. After a quantity of oil has entered the valve 8, the pressureis removed so that the spring 11 may force the valve 8 to the closedposition shown in Fig. 2. The liquid will now pass out of the valve 8,through its outer end and through the openings 9, the oil thusdischarged being absorbed by the wicking 12. The wicking may then berubbed over the surface to which the liquid is to be applied. After thedesired amount of liquid has been applied, the container is restored toits upright position, shown in Fig. 1. The oil contained in the valve 8,if any still remains, will now pass downwardly into the lower part ofthe tube 5, from which it will escape into the outer chamber 4, throughthe vent 7. The vent 7 serves further to permit air to enter and toescape from the tube 5.

I do not limit my invention to the structure shown and described, asmodifications thereof, within the scope of the appended claims, may bemade without departing from the spirit of my invention.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure byLetters Patent is 1. In a dauber, a container provided with two chambersone having a delivery opening and an inlet opening connnunicating withthe other chamber, a valve extending through and slidable in saiddelivery opening, yielding means for normally holding said valve in theclosed position, said valve 2. In a dauber, a container provided with.

two chambers, one having a delivery opening and an inlet openingcommunicating with the other chamber, a tubular valve projecting throughand slidable in said delivery opening for closing said communicatingopening, yielding means for normally holding said valves in the closedposition, and wicking covering said delivery opening and in contact withsaid valve.

3. In a dauber, a container provided with two chambers one having adelivery opening and an inlet opening communicating with the otherchamber, a tubular valve projecting through and slidable in saiddelivery opening and provided with a lateral discharge opening Which,when the valve is in the open'position, registers with saidcommunicating opening, and when the valve is in the closed position, isoutside of said container, and wicking covering said delivery openingand in contact with said valve.

4. In a dauber, a container having a conical upper end provided with adelivery opening, a tubular valve projecting through and slidable insaid delivery opening and provided with a discharge opening disposednormally outside of said container and adapted, when the valve is movedinwardly, to communicate with the interior of the container, and wickingcovering said delivery opening and in contact with said valve.

5. In a dauber, a container having a de livery opening, a tubular valveprojecting through and slidable in said delivery opening and providedwith a discharge opening disposed normally outside of said container andadapted, when the valve is moved inwardly to a predetermined position,to communicate with the interior of said container, yielding means fornormally holding the valve in the outer position, and wicking coveringsaid delivery openingand in contact with said valve.

6. In a dauber, a container having two chambers, one within the other,the inner one having at its upper end a deliveryopening, a vent adjacentto its lower end, and an opening adjacent to its upper end whichcommunicates withthe other chamber ad-- jacent to its upper end, atubular valve projecting through and slidable in said delivery openingfor controlling said communicating opening, and wicking covering saiddelivery opening and in contact with said valve.

' '7. In a dauber, a container having two chambers, one disposed withinthe other and provided at its upper end with a delivery opening andhaving a vent adjacent to its lower end, and an inletopeningcommunieating with the other chamber adjacent to its upper end, atubular valve projecting through and slidable in said deliveryopeningand provided with a discharge opening located outside of the containerwhen the valve is in the closed position, and registering with the inletopening when the valve is in the open position, yielding means fornormally holding the valve in the closed position, and wicking coveringsaid delivery opening and in contact with said valve.

8. In a dauber, a container having a conica-l upper end and providedinteriorly with a central, vertical tube having a closed lower endprovided with a vent and having an open, upper delivery end and alateral inlet DAVID W. SMITH.

Witnesses:

E. B. HOUSE, F. H. SLUPTER.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. C.

